It started with UFC 195 on Jan. 2 and finished with UFC 207 on Dec.
30. Within the confines of those 12 months, Zuffa sold the UFC to
WME-IMG for an eye-popping $4 billion and ushered in a new era for
MMA’s premier organization. Matchmaker Joe Silva, play-by-play
announcer Mike Goldberg and others with longstanding ties to the
promotion said their goodbyes.

The spaces in between were filled with fights that stretched the
bounds of what was thought possible, bone-jarring knockouts, slick
submissions, judging controversies, athletic commission shenanigans
and the rise of new stars that will help carry the combat sports
torch into a promising but unknown future.